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Chartres West Exterior Slides 081

Chartres West Exterior Slides 081

Chartres, north side, left portal

TYMPANUM
• Adoration of the Magi and then warned not to return to Herod.

LINTEL:
• Left: Nativity
• Right: Angel appears to shepherds.

INNER ARCH

• First archivolt: ten angels, lowest two on dragons, the rest on clouds
• Second archivolt: four foolish virgins on left, four foolish on the right
• Third archivolt: bottom on each side contain the other two virgins for a total of ten.

• Third, continued: The three theological virtues and equivalent sins.
• At top, to provide balance, a fourth virtue is added:
† Humility (dove) with Pride (falling headlong)
Then descending:
† Charity (clothes beggar) with Avarice (hoarding gold).
† Hope (looks to heaven) with Despair (stabs self).

• Fourth archivolt: Twelve queens bearing scrolls that at one time bore their names; these are the fruits of the spirit as per Galatians 5:22-23.

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Labours of the months/Zodiac

Labours of the months/Zodiac

Chartres, west side, left door, archivolt.

• First archivolt (inner): April with tree blossoming, Aries, May with falconer and horse, Taurus.

• Second archivolt (outer): July with wheat cutting, Cancer, August with wheat threshing, Leo

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